The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2518 Henpecked

The four words "Don't eat women" were like an awl piercing into the hearts of many men present.

The old man said angrily like a rooster with fried feathers: "Young man, you have to use your brain when you speak. Women eat our things and wear our clothes, so naturally they have to listen to men."

"May I ask what you were thinking when your father-in-law was raising you?" the young man asked back.

"You're so young. How dare you talk to an old man like that?" the old man said angrily.

"Now we are discussing women and nothing else. Please act like an elder." The young man retorted unceremoniously.

A man who looked like a rich man said with a smile: "Don't argue, you two. This matter is very simple. In this world, people are often unreasonable. Whoever has a bigger fist will listen to whoever has it. Fang Xusheng is so powerful, wasn't he the same back then? Bow to Liu Shan? Aren’t you still going to be controlled by Li Dian? So, when women become as strong as men, then women won’t have to listen to men.”

The young man said: "You are right. But the biggest problem now is that Jingguo and the human race have given women the opportunity to become stronger, and many men are still preventing them. This is a bit too much."

"The human race is still making progress. Not now. It will be different in a few years. Why bother arguing about this kind of thing and hurting the harmony?" The rich man said with a smile.

Zong Weixiong opened his mouth at this time and said: "Among the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Constant Rules, the king is the guideline for the ministers, the father is the guideline for the son, and the husband is the guideline for the wife. Why can't men control women?"

The young man said: "These words were spoken by Dong Zhongshu and Dong Sheng in the Han Dynasty. Confucius Sheng never said it. This tells us a truth. Today's people do not need to blindly follow the ancients."

"Hey, are you comparing yourself to Dong Sheng?" the old man said.

The young man smiled and said: "If there is a big man who can be as famous as Dong Sheng in the future and wants women to catch up with men, will you follow it or not?"

The old man said: "If a half-saint does this, what can we say? Even if we have resentment, we can only listen. No matter what other people's families are like, in our family, it is the man who has the final say!"

Zong Weixiong said: "As far as I know, the status of women in Ning'an City seems to be constantly improving. Now many women no longer tolerate it when they encounter problems, but go to the yamen to complain. The yamen in Ning'an City are also interesting. When we go to court, we treat women as men, so in the end women often win.”

The old man said angrily: "Ning'an City is in chaos now! Women want to overthrow the world? I thought it was too early! None of those officials are good!"

Zong Weixiong smiled and said: "I heard that this is what Fang Xusheng meant."

The restaurant suddenly became quiet.

After a while, the old man murmured in a low voice: "Fang Xusheng is a henpecked person, but he implicates us. It's really disappointing..."

Several people in the restaurant almost laughed out loud, but they didn't dare to really laugh, because every household in Ning'an City said that Fang Yun was henpecked, and there were many jokes circulating.

A person wearing a child's robe said: "Didn't you discover one of the benefits of women's work?"

"What good can it do? They have small arms and legs, what can they do!" said the old man.

Young Tong Sheng said: "After the Battle of Ning'an, the number of men in Ning'an decreased significantly. Some heavy physical jobs were in urgent need of male workers, and the pay increased, so many male workers switched to heavy physical jobs. Later, some less physically demanding jobs began There was a shortage of people. Under Fang Xusheng’s decree, many women came forward to do lighter tasks, which made Ning An There won't be a big problem in the city. I only discovered this problem after listening to discussions among several friends, so I concluded that if more women join the workshop and take over some of the men's jobs, then more men can engage in other jobs. More men can serve as soldiers to kill the enemy. I think everyone can see how beneficial this is to the human race."

Many people in the teahouse remained silent, while a few nodded slightly.

"The more I argue, the clearer it becomes. Yes, I understand now that Fang Xusheng raised the status of women not only out of sympathy, but also for this consideration. If every woman can be like a man in the future, then the human race will inevitably Will be stronger." Zong Weixiong said.

"You, a foreigner, do care about our safety." The old man couldn't argue with the young man and the child, so he turned to Zong Weixiong.

Zong Weixiong smiled and said: "I am doing business from other places, so of course I have to care about Ning'an. I found that since the establishment of waterways extending in all directions, Ning'an City has become more and more lively. I walked all the way today and found that the people here seemed like They only care about money, and this culture seems to be different from other countries.”

The old man immediately showed contempt and said: "As long as you come from a decent background, what's wrong with recognizing money? When we in Jingguo were poor, people from other countries often laughed at us for having no money. Logically speaking, you should praise us for being rich now. Why do you start laughing at us for only recognizing money? Then can we also say that you only recognized money back then?”

Zong Weixiong looked embarrassed, but he didn't expect the old man to point his sword at him, and said hurriedly: "A gentleman loves money, and he must get it in a wise way. I understand this truth. I don't object to Ning'an people making money, but now it seems that the trend is a little too loving." fiscal."

The old man was stunned for a moment, thinking for a while and not knowing how to refute. The young man smiled and said: "What this foreigner said is that everything is too much, it is not good to be poor, and it is not good to pay too much attention to money. In fact, the core of this matter is not It’s not about the money itself, it’s about how you think.”

"Oh? Please tell me the truth, please." Zong Weixiong said with a smile.

The young man said: "Money is a mute thing, a dead thing. We make money in different ways, spend money in different ways, and have different views on money. Let me give you an example. Two rich people are equally rich, and one is rich. Being rich is unkind, but only He doesn't talk about money at all and pretends to have no money at all. The second rich man is good at giving. Not only does he often talk about money, but he also praises himself for making money. Is it better to be the first rich man?"

"To be honest, it is indeed better to be the second rich man." Zong Weixiong said.

"Let's take another example. Two people both like to say they are rich and both like to show off occasionally. One is really rich and the other is pretending to be rich. Other than that, everything else is the same. They even treat you well. , neither offended you. If both of them are your acquaintances, who would you hate more?" the young man asked.

Zong Weixiong hesitated and said helplessly: "I really hate people who don't have money but like people who have money."

The young man said: "You see, from your point of view, if you don't value money, would you hate people who pretend to be rich? So, you also care about money. From another point of view, the two of them just like to show off. , and I didn’t break the law. The key is that I didn’t harm others. , why do we have different views on two people? Obviously, the reason you hate is not the money, but the character of the person. Even if you change the money to other things, you will still hate it, such as knowledge, knowledge, and literary qualifications. Can you Isn’t it bad to pursue these things?”

"It makes sense." Zong Weixiong said.